... Africa and Asia were hugely under-represented (Forsythe, 2000). Many African and Islamic cultures have claimed that human rights have historically been a part of their societies' thinking and practices pre-UDHR. However this has been largely unsupported in terms of evidence and Donnelly (1992) argues that actually any evidence put forward contradicted these assertions, and further the concern for ... in Africa it is the community that protects and nurtures the individual". 'Western' ideas of rights place most importance on the individual, with the promotion and protection of civil ...

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